Book REVIEW: CHILDREN OF TIME BY Adrian Tchaikovsky

Don’t tell them that I haven’t warned you about spoilers! Ineffectual human protagonist and unlikeable characters galore (though the arachnids were great), this book is the best I have read this year so far. Definitely up there with Asimov’s & Herbert’s books – the ideas presented were so amazing that it actually made me giddy. […]

Book review: ‘Lost light’ by michael connelly

Michael Connelly is a well-oiled machine turning our tightly-wound thrillers, running on the twin engines of Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller. There are other booster engines, but these two carry the author into the stratosphere. ‘Lost Light’ is an amazing Bosch thriller. Not a single page wasted, not a single pay-off denied to the reader. […]

The Last Sigh of Emperor Moonpie : Chapter 2: Bankrupt

Sriman Vats twirled his moustache in worry. There were bags under his eyes, his shoulders were slack – as if he were carrying the burden on the entire world, which he was. But this Atlas was in no position to shrug. “Can they do this?” Princess Nony asked. That was the first question she asked […]

The last sigh of emperor moonpie: chapter 1: dipping her beak

She pounced on them like a tigress amongst a flock of geese. A smile playing on her face, her hair – lustrous black and wild, a sheer dress hemmed above the thigh – Princess Nony strolled into the zenana to the collective gasps of all the wives and concubines. The prodigal daughter returns! “Each one […]

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The Last sigh of emperor moonpie :Prologue

The apple of the planet, the brightest jewel of all, 7th in line from Tigriz the Terrible, and the blood descendant of the Olard family, Emperor Sweet-cheeks Moonpie Survinder Sahni had it enough. He didn’t bat an eye when thousands of his subjects were slaughtered in the carnage at the Lal Qila L2, he didn’t […]

Book Review: Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications

Ratings: 4 Stars In a time when Russia had just sent a couple of dogs in space, when speculative science-fiction reigned, when USA had not sent man to the moon – there was a Space Handbook by the RAND Corporation which tried to assess the feasibility of sending satellites in space, the rocket design and […]

Book Review: Wuthering Heights

Ratings: 3 Stars This ain’t a love story, not by a far shot! It is selfish, convenient, greedy and the kind that destroys everything in its path. And when that “love story” ended with their lives, peace and normalcy were restored! I would say to Heathcliff and Catherine, good bye and good riddance! The girl […]

Book Review: Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance

Ratings: 3 Stars You cannot easily disregard the conclusions drawn from this book. There is no such thing as a responsible superpower, irrespective of the ideology. While the British empire was more conspicuous and unshackled by the need to be politically correct, USA has engaged in doublespeak while carrying out its noble agenda of spreading […]

Book Review: The Name of the Wind

Ratings: 4 Stars There are books which are passionately written. This is one of them. I have always been a sucker for (super)heroes, and the thing about passionate books is that – they really crank up the heroic scenes. I was jumping with joy in quite a few of them – you really, really root […]

Book Review: Circe

Ratings: 4 Stars Mythology has always been an integral part of my life. Having read many, many reinterpretations of Ramayana and Mahabharata – I somehow have never been tired of reading one more take on it! Percy Jackson introduced me to the Greek Mythology, and since then I have always wondered on the similarity in […]